SnoTeX for iPhone and iPad
Know the snow before you go.
Check SNOTEL snow depth and snow water equivalent, National Weather Service forecasts, and side-by-side comparisons for the stations and ski areas you watch, all in one place.
No account. No ads. No tracking. Your saved places stay on your device. SnoTeX never asks for your location.
One place for the conditions you watch
Start with a station or ski area, then build a dashboard around how you plan.
Browse SNOTEL stations
Search more than 900 SNOTEL snow-telemetry stations across 13 states (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA and WY) and open a station before you save it.
Add ski areas too
Add ski areas and see the National Weather Service forecast alongside snow readings from a nearby SNOTEL station, with that station's name and distance. Each ski area links to its own website for its official snow report.
Compare side by side
Line up snow depth, snow water equivalent, temperature and observation time for the places you are choosing between.
Organize with groups
Collect related stations and ski areas into groups for a corridor, a region or a weekend, and filter your dashboard by group.
Opens with saved data
SnoTeX saves the latest readings on your device so it opens without a connection. Every reading shows when it was observed, and saved values are labeled so you can tell they may be out of date.
Checklists and community links
Keep gear checklists for snowmobiling and backcountry skiing, and find community forums and avalanche resources from inside the app.
A quick conditions check
- Find a place. Browse or search the stations and ski areas near where you ride or ski.
- Check when it was observed. Read the observation date and source before treating a number as current. SNOTEL stations report with about a day of delay.
- Compare the candidates. Put the measurements next to each other instead of relying on one headline number.
- Save the view. Your dashboard and groups make the next check faster.
Read the number with its context
SnoTeX brings public sources together. It does not make delayed or imperfect observations more certain than they are.
SNOTEL, from USDA NRCS
Snow depth, snow water equivalent and temperature come from SNOTEL stations operated by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, delivered to SnoTeX through AxysWeather. A station measures conditions at its own site, not where you plan to ride.
Forecasts, from the National Weather Service
Weather and hourly forecasts come from the NOAA National Weather Service for the station or ski area you are viewing.
Freshness before certainty
Observation times, saved-copy labels and missing-data states are shown instead of hidden, so a gap is never presented as a current reading.
Safety
SnoTeX is an information tool. It is not an avalanche or backcountry hazard forecast. Snow and weather data can be delayed, incomplete or inaccurate, and an observation is not a guarantee of safe conditions. Do not use SnoTeX as the sole basis for any safety decision. Check your local avalanche center's forecast at avalanche.org, carry and know how to use rescue gear, and use your own judgment.
Questions before you head out?
Report a data problem, share feedback or get help with the app.